Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02
shall probably hear next that her brother has
been decorated

Shall probably hear next that her brother has
been decorated
BANQUET To sTUR COLLECTORS.
The society of Juvenile Cigar Stump Col
lectors had joyful evening this week at beer
saloon in the Landsbergerstrass. Forty-four
yOun. arabs were treated to gingerbread and
apples and presented with warm coats and
spirits zone apiece, stockings, scarfs, boots
and ten mark pieces. The Beriner Manner
quartettc had previously enlivened them by
festive and seasonaDlc songs, which, oddly
enough they seemed to enjoy less than the
gingerbread.
A TREATISE on AFRICA.
Several interesting books of travel have re-
Gently appeared among them Gerhard Rollfs
latest work "Quid Novs ex Africa" The
author starts by declaring that Stanley and
Flegel have explored the ozark Continent
so thoroughly that, from purely exploration
point of view, IL is now played out. lie
therefore advises Germans to turn their en-
ergiGs to developing African trade and in
ddstry, cultivating the soil and opening up
their positions The native flora and gauna,
he thinks, should prove most valuable. Es-
pectally he calls attention to the crocOdlcs,
which he believes will have q great com
mercal future before them.
A THEATER's TROUBLES.
The best Berlin thcater, the famous
DGUtschcs theator founded few years ago
by a group of actors on the model of the
Comedie Franchise, is threatened with dis
ruption. Though decided artistic success,
1t has from the outset, been n financial fail
ure Several OF the original members OF the
company have already left IL and the result
OF the last years business is so discouraging
that 1t is said Frau Nicmann, its chief fem.
mime attraction, Herr Schoenfeld and other
artists are now about TO leave also.
BULGARIAN OPERA.
Talking of theaters, | hear from Munich
that the enterprising composer, Carl Db-
bern, has written the libretto and music of
romantic opera entitled Der Bulgare," the
hero of which is Prince Alexander of Batten-
burg. The opera is embellshed with Bulga
rian waltzes and Quadrilles ana Bulgarian
"Amazon's March" Several theaters, it is
said, offered to produce it.
Graf Pfeil saw a strange creature few
days since swimming in lake, and which
at first he miStOOk for a water serpent. On
bagging his game, however, he found the
animal kind of water fowl of the goose
genis. 1t was feathered and had dispro
portiOnately long neck, while its head was
so small he could hardly see it.
KILLED by A nrroPoTAMus.
A horrible tragedy occurred IN the geologi-
cal gardens yesterday. AS one of the keep
ers was sweeping out the hippopotamus
cages hippopotamus thrust his ugly head
through the gate, grabbed the unhappy man
by the throat and inflicted such dreadful
wound upon him that soon after he died in
great agony
HAPPY NEW YEAR."
Sylvester Abend brought its usual quota
of uprOariOus merriment Masked balls took
place at Krel's theatcr and dozen other
places An incalculablc quantity of mOsel
wine has been consumed during the night,
and though over five hundred policemen were
on duty in the Unter den Linden and the
Friedrich strasse they had infinite trouble in
preventing the thousands of giddy students
and citizens about from showing their new
year Eladness by demolishing cafe windows
and smashing the hats of such passersb BY as
failed to respond to their hearty but over
demonstrative greetings of 'prosit neu jahr."